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EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A TIRE ON A HAUL TRUCK. EMPLOYEE PULLED WRONG AND STRAINED HIMSELF.
MINER WAS MOVING A ROCK FROM THE ROADWAY CLEANER GROUND AND STRAINED HIMSELF.
EMPLOYEE WAS DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON A GENERATOR. OIL WAS NEEDED FOR THE OPERATION. HE LIFTED A 5 GALLON CONTAINER OF OIL AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS SEEN BY A DR. ON 1 2-13-97. HE SUFFERED A STRAIN IN LOWER LUMBAR AREA OF HIS BACK.
EE HAD CHANGED A 17.5X25 TIRE AND WAS ROLLING IT TO THE STORAGE AREA. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL IT OVER A ROUGH SPOT IN THE GROUND WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF IT. HE TRIED TO CATCH THE TIRE AS IT WAS FALLING, BUT IT FELL ON HIS LEG.
WHILE LOADING BLAST HOLES ON FACE EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING TO LOAD AN EYE HOLE. AREA AROUND BLAST HOLE WAS LOOSE AND FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE.
EE, THE MINER, LIFTED JACKLEG DRILL & PULLED LOWER BACK. SLIPPED LOWER BACK DISC - HE IS TREATED AS AN OUTPATIENT W/CHIROPRACTIC & PHYSICAL THERAPY.
EE WAS PREPARING TO ATTACH HOISTING PLUG TO A PIECE OF DRILL ROD. HE WAS FACING AWAY FROM HIS HELPER WHO HAD COME UP BEHIND HIM WITH A PIECE OF ROD. THE EE SHOVED HIS ELBOW BACK INTO THE END O F THE ROD, CUTTING HIS ELBOW. REQUIRED 7 STITCHES.